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2018-02-12 Science & Technology
Trump administration plans to privatize International Space Station
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Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Okay... in that situation the Russians take their modules and walk. Not clear what the Japanese or the EU does. Will enough key pieces be left for a viable station or are companies better off going to Bigelow and get their own structure to be launched by Blue Origin or SpaceX's BFR?
Posted by 3dc 2018-02-12 00:48||   2018-02-12 00:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Get in the Delorian. Where we are going we don't need space stations. We have electric cars in space!
Posted by newc 2018-02-12 04:16||   2018-02-12 04:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Not clear what the Japanese or the EU does.

With China flexing its muscles, it's pretty clear what Japan will do.

Re EU. Over the years I formed an explanation that, IMO, best fits EU behavior: they know they're dying and they're trying to take the rest of the World with them.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-02-12 04:40||   2018-02-12 04:40|| Front Page Top

#4 ...When my dad worked at NASA, he was part of the ISS design team, and back in the day when it was still Station Alpha and later Space Station Freedom, there was supposed to be a limited commercial presence aboard from the beginning. Seeing as how it's only going to get more expensive to run the ISS - and it only has another six years of real operations life left - this is not a bad idea, especially under a Trump administration, and it's very unlikely we'll ever look up and see a giant "DRINK COKE" logo overhead. But at this point, corporations aren't likely to invest all that much, because after Starman they know they can do it on their own, and not have to worry about a new administration changing the rules on them.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-02-12 05:37||   2018-02-12 05:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Disassemble it and sell the pieces, small enough to fit the mass market - Buy a piece of space and history! [You laugh, but how many 'pet rocks' were sold?]
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-02-12 07:20||   2018-02-12 07:20|| Front Page Top

#6 not have to worry about a new administration changing the rules on them.


Sorry Mike, but Obola proved that as long as there are pens and phones the tyrannical will always be able to change anything.
Posted by AlanC 2018-02-12 09:11||   2018-02-12 09:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Waitamimit! There's gonna be a Howard Johnson's and a Bell Picturephone(c) up there now!?
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2018-02-12 09:22||   2018-02-12 09:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Bigelow Aerospace. The inflatable space station company
Posted by 3dc 2018-02-12 09:27||   2018-02-12 09:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Cool. Donald move the UN headquarters! Preferably to a shallow orbit.
Posted by Woodrow 2018-02-12 12:48||   2018-02-12 12:48|| Front Page Top

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